A central feature of the Old Testament was the tabernacle with the Ark of the Covenant. Once built, God then formed His people into an army and arrayed them around the tabernacle in an orderly even beautiful fashion. God’s people, properly ordered and arrayed around His testimony is a beautiful picture in His eyes. Yet regrettably, it’s difficult to see such an orderly and beautiful picture today.

The main thing is that these garments were left there in this orderly way as a testimony of His resurrection. This was not something like someone got in and stole His body as reported. No. He did this Himself. He resurrected.

The account of the crucifixion in the Gospel of John is different in the fact that it brings out these two aspects(redemption and imparting life). In the other Gospels it only mentions the redemptive aspect. But, in the Gospel of John, you do have the two aspects which are shown by the two substances that came out of His side. In verse 34 of chapter 19, it says, “one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.” When the soldier pierced His side, out came blood; that’s for the redemptive aspect. And water, that’s for the life aspect.